Psychosis Flashcards
What is psychosis?
Term used to describe the characteristic complaints of several mental health problems, most notably diagnoses on the schizophrenia-spectrum (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, etc)
Simply = Term to indicate “loss of contact with reality.”
Term used to describe the characteristic complaints of several mental health problems, most notably diagnoses on the schizophrenia-spectrum (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, etc)
Simply = Term to indicate “loss of contact with reality.”
This is known as…?
Psychosis
What are the types of symptoms of psychosis?
List 2 points
It involves clusters of “symptoms” including:
- Positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions)
- Negative symptoms (flat affect, avolition, lack of interest in social interactions).
Hallucinations, Delusions
These are….?
a. Positive symptoms of psychosis
b. Negative symptoms of psychosis
a. Positive symptoms of psychosis
Flat affect, Avolition, Lack of interest in social interactions
These are….?
a. Positive symptoms of psychosis
b. Negative symptoms of psychosis
b. Negative symptoms of psychosis
True or False?
In the general population, psychosis symptoms are rare and problematic
False
In the general population psychosis symptoms are not rare and are generally unproblematic, but in some individuals, they can lead to considerable distress and reduction in functioning
In some individuals, psychosis symptoms can lead to considerable ____ and ______
- distress
- reduction in functioning
Why is there a delay in developing talking treatments for psychosis?
List 4 main reasons
- Psychological therapies for psychosis did not become widely investigated or accepted as potentially useful treatments until the 1990s
- Psychosis was seen as fundamentally different from neurosis
- Symptoms not seen as understandable in psychological terms (e.g.,
Karl Jaspers) - Lack of therapeutic optimism in the treatment of “schizophrenia”
Psychological therapies for psychosis did not become widely investigated or accepted as potentially useful treatments until …?
The 1990s
Psychosis was seen as fundamentally different from …?
Neurosis
Why was there a lack of therapeutic optimism in the treatment of “schizophrenia”?
List 2 reasons
- There were poor results from early trials of psychotherapy
- Neuroleptics were. seen as the only viable treatment option
- There were poor results from early trials of psychotherapy
- Neuroleptics were. seen as the only viable treatment option
This resulted in…?
Lack of therapeutic optimism in the treatment of “schizophrenia”
What are the 5 Psychological therapies for psychosis?
- Rogerian/person-centred therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapies
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- Family therapy
- Interventions to reduce substance misuse
How does Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) work?
List 4 points
- Activating event
(internal or external) - Thoughts (negative automatic thoughts, thought distortions, appraisals)
- Thoughts <–> Behaviour OR Thoughts <–> Feelings/Emotions
- Behaviours <–> Feelings/Emotions OR Feelings/Emotions <—> Behaviours
The application (and adaptation) of the same basic principles to understand the distress and impairment caused by psychotic experiences
This is known as…?
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
Describe Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
The application (and adaptation) of the same basic principles to understand the distress and impairment caused by psychotic experiences
Cognitive Behaviour for Psychosis (CBTp) is the application (and adaptation) of the same basic principles to understand the distress and impairment caused by …?
Psychotic experiences
Cognitive Behaviour for Psychosis (CBTp) is the application (and adaptation) of the same basic principles to understand the ____ and ____ caused by psychotic experiences
- Distress
- Impairment
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2014) defines CBTp as a psychological intervention where service users:
List 3 points
- Establish links between, thoughts, beliefs, perceptions and feelings in relation to their current or past symptoms and/or functioning (understand how problems happen)
- Re-evaluate their beliefs, perceptions and reasoning relating to target symptoms
- CBTp should involve development of alternative ways of coping with the target symptoms, and/or reduction of distress, and/or improvement of functioning
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2014) defines CBTp as a psychological intervention where service users:
Establish links between, ____, _____, _____ and _____ in relation to their current or past symptoms and/or functioning (understand how problems happen)
- Thoughts
- Beliefs
- Perceptions
- Feelings
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2014) defines CBTp as a psychological intervention where service users:
Re-evaluate their ____, ____ and ____ relating to target symptoms.
- Beliefs
- Perceptions
- Reasoning
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2014) defines CBTp as a psychological intervention where service users:
Re-evaluate their beliefs, perceptions and reasoning relating to _______.
Target symptoms
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2014) defines CBTp as a psychological intervention where service users:
CBTp should involve development of …?
List 3 points
- Alternative ways of coping with the target symptoms
- Reduction of distress
- Improvement of functioning
What are the 4 basic CBTp strategies?
- Formulating (making sense)
- Normalising psychosis
- Improving coping
- Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
After appropriate goals for therapy are identified (e.g., which problem/symptom to target), the therapist carries out an assessment to…?
List 3 points
- Identify thoughts, feelings, behaviours that are linked to the problem/symptom targeted
- Help the client to see how these interact to maintain the problem in the present.
- Create a shared understanding of how the problem developed and what could be done to resolve it.
After appropriate goals for therapy are identified (e.g., which problem/symptom to target), the therapist carries out an assessment to:
Identify ____, ____ and ____ that are linked to the problem/symptom targeted
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Behaviours
After appropriate goals for therapy are identified (e.g., which problem/symptom to target), the therapist carries out an assessment to:
Identify thoughts, feelings, behaviours that are linked to …?
The problem/symptom targeted
After appropriate goals for therapy are identified (e.g., which problem/symptom to target), the therapist carries out an assessment to:
Help the client to see how thoughts, feelings, behaviours that are linked to the problem/symptom targeted interact to …?
Maintain the problem in the present
After appropriate goals for therapy are identified (e.g., which problem/symptom to target), the therapist carries out an assessment to:
Create a shared understanding of how …?
List 2 points
- The problem developed
- What could be done to resolve it
The therapist carries out an assessment to:
- Identify thoughts, feelings, behaviours that are linked to the problem/symptom targeted.
- Help the client to see how these interact to maintain the problem in the present.
- Create a shared understanding of how the problem developed and what could be done to resolve it.
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
a. Formulating
How can we formulate psychotic experiences for hallucinations?
List 4 points
- Triggers
(internal or external e.g., stress, sleep deprivation, isolation) - Auditory Hallucinations
- Misinterpretation of Hallucinatory Experience
- Mood & Physiology –> Auditory Hallucinations
OR
Safety Behaviours –> Auditory Hallucinations
What does ‘normalising psychosis’ mean?
Correcting common misconceptions about psychosis, its causes
and its consequences
Correcting common misconceptions about psychosis, its causes
and its consequences
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
b. Normalising psychosis
Challenging the stigma of psychosis
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
b. Normalising psychosis
Provision of more accurate information
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
b. Normalising psychosis
Promotion of accurate views about psychosis
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
b. Normalising psychosis
It’s a bit like teaching clients the same information you are learning at Uni but in a less academic way.
What part of CBTp do these relate to?
a. Formulating
b. Normalising psychosis
c. Improving coping
d. Strategies to change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and appraisals
b. Normalising psychosis
List 5 definitions of ‘normalising psychosis’
- Challenging the stigma of psychosis
- Correcting common misconceptions about psychosis, its causes
and its consequences - Provision of more accurate information
- Promotion of accurate views about psychosis
- It’s a bit like teaching clients the same information you are learning at Uni but in a less academic way
How can we normalise psychosis?
List 4 ways
- Making the experience understandable
- They are not alone in experiencing certain feelings or thoughts
- Psychoeducation
- Personal disclosure (i.e., sharing your own experience)
How can we make the experience of psychosis understandable?
List 2 ways
- Behaviours, thoughts, feelings are reactions to extreme adverse,
traumatic, stressful life events - Experiences exist within the range of human functioning and can be in the absence of distress or a mental health problem
What is Psychoeducation?
Learning about and understanding mental health, especially if it is a new experience for the individual
(e.g., providing reading material/information about psychosis)
Learning about and understanding mental health, especially if it is a new experience for the individual
(e.g., providing reading material/information about psychosis)
This is known as…?
Psychoeducation
Give 2 examples of Psychoeducation
- Providing reading material
- Providing information about psychosis
What. are the 5 myths about psychosis?
- People with psychosis are dangerous
- Psychosis is a diagnosis for life and there is no recovery
- People with psychosis are unable to work
- Psychosis always causes distress and people always need treatment
- Psychosis is always a consequence of brain disease
People with psychosis are dangerous
True or False?
False
There is no evidence that people with psychosis are more dangerous or violent than the general population
Violence in psychosis is explained mostly by other factors such as…?
List 3 points
- Substance misuse
- Pre-existing history of violence
- Criminal involvement
There is no evidence that people with psychosis are more dangerous or violent than the general population
Instead people are likely to be…?
Withdrawn or preoccupied with their own problems
True or False?
People with psychosis are much more likely to be the victim of violence rather than the perpetrator
True